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Bernardaud Talleyrand...
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...Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum (2 February 1754 17 May 1838) was a French diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe. Known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name Talleyrand, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and influential diplomats in European history. Read full entry
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- Talleyrand was born into an aristocratic family in Paris. ... During the French Revolution, Talleyrand supported the revolutionary cause. ...
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- The diplomacy of Talleyrand French foreign minister leading up to the Congress of Vienna. ... Home > History & Historians > Historical Biography > Talleyrand ...
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It introduced the concept of Manifest Destiny. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M anifest_Destiny |
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You could say that he was trying to save France from the mistakes that Napoleon was making. He tried to appease the British, Austrians, and practially everyone else (Napoleon wasn't very popular in Europe for his aggressive military records)... and cover Napoleon's diplomatic failure to make sure that France survives when Napoleon is defeated. |
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Did Talleyrand support "stick" His political allegiances
shifted so much its difficult
to tell. Did Talleyrand ever
support the idea that it
better to govern the people by
means of one absolutely
powerful ruler, who is seen as
a punisher of the wrong,
rather than a nurturer of the
"good"?
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That is a good Question. As you pointed out, Talleyrand was an opportunist. However, I think that looking at the evidence - Talleyrand's actions, that Talleyrand did indeed favour monarchy and saw kings reigning benevolently over their subjects. But I think that Talleyrand saw the evil of both systems of Absolute kings and of the Revolution. I think Talleyrand saw the best government as one that governed for the people - and that monarchy was the best alternative. Firstly, Talleyrand was a man of the ancien regime, brought up in an aristocratic family. However, with the outbreak of the revolution, Talleyrand sided with the revolutionists and he proposed the appropriation of church lands by the state, endorsed the civil constitution of the clergy, and was excommunicated (1791) by the pope after consecrating two “constitutional” bishops. Talleyrand is said to have been a lifelong advocate of constitutional monarchy and peace. Disillusioned with the Church, it is said that Talleyrand spent all the time he could alone in the college library, reading political texts, learning about the running of the French Absolutist state, and the freer constitution of Britain, which he found himself admiring. Talleyrand hated violence. During the Revolution, France declared war on England. This only radicalised the revolution in a way that Talleyrand did not support - the september masacres as an example. And Talleyrand later fled France for England and later to the U.S.A. Talleyrand was a monarchist, believing the heriditary system to offer stability that republicanism did not offer -- the Reign of Terror had been evidence enough for him. His dream was a constitutional Bourbon monarchy, but he realised that the French people would not accept a restoration at this stage. But why did Talleryand side with Napoleon? Talleyrand might have at first seen Napoleon Bonaparte, then a general, as as true liberal - Talleyrand might have been later impressed with Napoleon's laws such as the 'Code Napoleon' and with Napoleon's breaking down of the Feudal remnants in France and Europe. But that later changed with Napoleon's invasions of Europe and his wars. Talleyrand said in his memoirs that Napoleon's consulate was never intended as a permanent government. He saw it as way of phasing back monarchy in France -- firstly a powerful single executive, whose term would later become life, and then heriditary. This is precisely what happened, as Bonaparte became First Consul, then Cousul for life, and finally Emperor. Later with the overthrow of Charles X, it was Talleyrand who advocated that the throne of France be given to Louis-Phillippe, the Duke of Orleans, and head of the Bourbon's cadet branch, to be the new king. Talleyrand justified this illegitimist act by saying that the legitimist principle was now simply unsalvagable, but the monarchist principle was not. Also, now that it was accepted that a governments existed for the benefit of the governed, one that did not persue the popular good became illegitimate itself. To answer your question, i think Talleyrand saw the ideal of a benevolent rule, to rule for his people than against it. |
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